2008 Budget Book - Kitsap County Government

General Information and Economic Indicators
operating. This class-A, 6 story office building was recently awarded “Office Development of The Year” from
the state’s chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks.
• Harrison Medical Center’s new $13 million state of the art emergency room combines patient comfort and
privacy with enhanced functions. A rooftop helipad offers 7-minute access to Seattle’s Harborview Medical
Center. Harrison’s Central Kitsap campus and Harrison’s Clinic in South Kitsap also continue to expand
local services.
• The Port of Bremerton is planning to expand its marina, which will mean a total of 335 slips in close to the
Harborside Condominiums.
• The Kitsap Conference Center in Bremerton is a new 10,000 square foot building and has the capability to
serve parties of 10 to 750 guests. It began hosting special events, meetings, conferences and banquets in
July 2004.
• The new Harborside Condominiums located just north of the new Kitsap Conference Center is almost
complete with approximately 60% sales. Sales during the construction period have reached 60%.
Eventually, there will be 200 waterfront units.
• In Central Kitsap County just west of Kitsap Lake. A Subarea Plan prepared by Bremerton and Kitsap
County that identifies the zoning for the property and specifies environmental protections that must be
included for the project to be built, was approved in September 2000. Plans include approximately 900
homes and 2,225,000 square feet of business uses such as offices, light assembly and manufacturing
facilities and business park, as well as a maximum of 100,000 square feet of retail and commercial services.
The first step in design of the project will be the traffic corridor study.
• Olympic Property Group plans to transform land near Pendergast Park into a light industrial business park
for Kitsap businesses looking to expand.
North Kitsap:
• Home Depot and Wal-Mart have opened their doors for business in Poulsbo’s College marketplace
development, a 215 acre development which includes homes, apartments and other retail and office space.
• Poulsbo Place is award winning community in the heart of Poulsbo. The project will completely revamp, over
the next 10 to 20 years, the 35-acre area directly north of downtown Poulsbo. Poulsbo Place is a planned
community of at least 164 homes, and 10.5 acres of commercial development, which has transformed an
eyesore of older WWII vintage multiple family housing into a community of well-built homes. At the State
level, the development was given the “Best Community Land Use” award as well as other awards.
• Winslow Tomorrow is a plan developed by Bainbridge community focusing on Winslow as the center of the
islands culture, commerce and community. The recommended investment is $50 million over the next six to
eight years.
• Olympic Property Group is in the process of planning 350 acres of residential property for approximately 700
homes.
• Olhava, the new 215 acre development includes commercial, residential and a branch of Olympic College
continues to grow. It is now home to Home Depot and Wal-Mart (with a total employment of 650 people)
and many other smaller retail stores.
• Tribal casinos and resorts have positively impacted job growth but are not recorded by state’s economic
data. Port Madison Enterprises which owns the Clearwater Casino and Resort have added over 500 jobs in
the past five years.
Numerous other developments, both commercial and residential, were completed or are underway in the
County.
Eleven port districts serve the County; the largest of these is the Port of Bremerton, which operates the 560-acre
Olympic View Industrial Park. The park, which is close to Bremerton and Port Orchard, is adjacent to the
port-operated Bremerton National Airport; the park and the airport are the location of 22 firms employing a total
of approximately 500 people.
A $1.9-million floating pier that is used as a fishing pier, marina and breakwater has been built by the Port of
Bremerton as part of the redevelopment of the City of Bremerton waterfront. Included in the project was the
decommissioned destroyer USS Turner Joy, which is being used as a floating museum.
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